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Visual Studio 2015 Community can't create a Windows Phone 8.1 application

Guys I am new to windows phone development although I am an Android Developer. I am trying to get started with the Windows phone Development. I have installed Visual studio 2015 community. I build-ed a universal application from all the video tutorials and blogs but I can't see any Windows phone 8.1 emulators and also the windows phone 8.1 template in creating project enter image description here

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I want to build an app for windows phone which can run on Windows phone 10,8.1 and windows 8.0 with Visual Studio 2015 Community

Solution

  • By default Visual Studio 2015 doesn't install the 8.1 Store development tools. In Setup click on custom

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    and here select the Windows 8.1 / Phone 8.1 Tools:

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    If you also want the 8.1 Emulators, select the Emulators.